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Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves

The New Jersey Devils were dealt an injury blow a month before training camp starts, as the team announced that center Travis Zajac would be out four to six months following an off-season training incident …

The Dobotomy

For the last 14 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them.
This year, due to Dobber’s battle with cancer, he recruited Cam Robinson (of Frozen …

Hockey Rambling

Centers That Are Not Really Centers, Vrbata in Florida, plus more...
First, some quick news items for the day.
Hobey Baker award winner Will Butcher is expected to make his decision in a week about which team …

Eastern Edge

The New York Islanders missed the playoffs last season. On the positive side of the ledger, they replaced head coach Jack Capuano with Doug Weight, a change that was applauded by every Isles fan outside …

Fantasy Hockey Top 10

Every fantasy season is going to have its own set of disappointments.
Some disappointments are injury related. Other disappointments come from trading away an underperformer before he breaks out. But the most common disappointment is when …

Geek of the Week

Milan Lucic's contract may be questionable, but what about his fantasy value?
We’ve already gone through last year’s best fantasy goalies and defensemen so the only thing left is the forwards, right? I was originally going …

Hockey Rambling

Mock Entry Draft, Explaining Connor Hellebuyck, plus more...
For those of you in keeper leagues that have some sort of entry draft format, you may be interested in the following draft results from my keeper league. …

The Dobotomy

For the last 14 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them.
This year, due to Dobber’s battle with cancer, he recruited Cam Robinson (of Frozen …

The Journey

In this week’s Journey, we complete a three-part series looking back on the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Part Three outlines the 10th-1st selections, and recaps each prospect’s post draft seasons and where they are on …

Hockey Rambling

Looking back to the expansion draft, one of the more discussed situations was what would happen with the Washington Capitals. I think most people expected one of Philipp Grubauer or Nate Schmidt to be on …

The Dobotomy

Dobber's offseason fantasy hockey grades – Florida Panthers
For the last 14 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them.
This year, due to Dobber’s battle with …

Hockey Rambling

After being called out for propping up the Cats in Tuesday's Ramblings, it was fitting that Florida was included in Sean McIndoe's list of five teams that could be this year's Avalanche. His assessment of …

Hockey Rambling

At the risk of sounding like a freshman humanities student that just finished their first philosophy course, much of life is about continuing education and learning from mistakes. It is simplistic, and oft-repeated, but nonetheless …

The Dobotomy

For the last 14 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them.
This year, due to Dobber’s battle with cancer, he recruited Cam Robinson (of Frozen …

Hockey Rambling

Throughout the summer, I’m going team by team and reviewing the relevant fantasy performances from the 2016-17 season. Next in line is the Vancouver Canucks.
It was obviously a tough campaign for Vancouver and their fans. …

Eastern Edge

The New York Rangers made some pretty big personnel changes this offseason. Up front, gone are top center Derek Stepan, Brandon Pirri and Oscar Lindberg. On the blueline, stalwart defensemen Dan Girardi and Kevin Klein …